Emergency tire



arch 25, 1924; 11,487,926)

J. DAWSON EMERGENCY TIRE Filed O t. 16. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 25 1924.

L. J. DAWSON EMERGENCY TIRE 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Filed Oct. 16. 1922 INVENTOR A'ITORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 25. E924.

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EMERGENCY TIRE.

Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, LAWRENCE J. DAW- sox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City. in the county of Jackson and"State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Emergency Tires, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an emergency tire'for motor vehicles, which is adapted to be substituted for a worn out tire so that the vehicle can; proceed to a service station or the like where; a new tire can be secured.

Another object of the invention is to so form the device that it can be easily and quickly placed on the wheel and when not in use can be folded so that it will occupy but a small amount of space.

This invention also consists in; certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement. of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawin and specifically pointed out in the appen ed claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts'throughout the several views, and in which 7 F i re 1 is an elevation of a wheel showt einvention in'use.

igurefl is central vertical sectional view taken through Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing the adjacent ears of two sections operatively associated' Figure 4 is a side elevation thereof.

As shown in these views the emergenc tire comprises the rim 1 and the the 2, both the rim and tire being formed of sections which have their ends abutting, as shown at 3. Therim is held to the felly of the wheel by the usual lugs 4 orin any other desired manner. The tire 2 is formed of solid rubber with holes 5 therein to add to its resilient qualities. The tire 2 may be secured to the'rim 1 in anv desired manner,

though I prefer to make the tirerim of the well known clincher type, as shown. sides of the rim are provided with ears 7 which are placed ad'acent the ends of the sections of the ring. hese ears are of channel shape with one ear having a notch 6 therein and the cooperating ear having a hole therein and the notched ear having )rojections 8 for engaging the head of the It 9 for preventing turning of the bolt when the nut is being screwed thereon. The threaded end of the bolt passes through the hole in the unnotched ear. The notch in the other can permits the bolt to be placed therein very easily. Thus when the nuts are screwed tight on the bolts the sections' will have their ends brought to ether so as to make a complete tire an rim. When not in use the sections are separated from each other so that the device can be placed under the seat or in the tool box.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readil apparent.

I desire it to be understoo that I may makechanges in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

\Vhat I claim is:

An emergency tire of the character described comprising a segmental rim, channel shaped ears adapted to be arranged in pairs when the sections of said rims are associated passing through the opening of the com-v panion ear as and for the purpose specified. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LAWRENCE J. DAWSON.

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